In Hand Images for Transformers Studio Series Sentinel Prime
Thursday, March 26th, 2020 10:47AM CDT
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This new Sentinel Prime figure is a brand new voyager class mold, and is based on the characters appearance in the Dark of the Moon film from 2011. The traitorous Autobot is shown off in all his traitorous glory, complete with his sword, but no shield or cosmic rust cannon. We also see that his sword can split to become 2 different handheld units, or combine together to form his Darth Maul-esque sword. We also get a comparison with the Powered up version of Studio Series Optimus Prime and Jetfire.
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Posted by Solrac333 on March 26th, 2020 @ 10:57am CDT
Posted by Tuned Agent on March 26th, 2020 @ 11:05am CDT
Posted by Glarryg on March 26th, 2020 @ 11:24am CDT
Anyway, I digress. Looks cool, buying it, can't wait.
Glarryg
Posted by Hellscream9999 on March 26th, 2020 @ 12:11pm CDT
Posted by Tuned Agent on March 26th, 2020 @ 12:54pm CDT
Glarryg wrote:I never bought any of the other Sentinel figures, so I don't have much to compare it to, but this looks pretty slick. The weapon being able to separate is nice, because otherwise I've always thought it looked kind of awkward; shouldn't a two-bladed weapon have a longer handle, so you can use both hands when you need to?
Anyway, I digress. Looks cool, buying it, can't wait.
Glarryg
The short handle is technically movie-accurate, but yeah, practically speaking a double-bladed weapon should have a handle at least long enough for both hands, preferably longer. When using both hands, the wider apart you can place them (to a certain limit), the more leverage and power you can put into your swings.
Posted by MadProject on March 26th, 2020 @ 1:05pm CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on March 26th, 2020 @ 1:49pm CDT
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on March 26th, 2020 @ 2:06pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 26th, 2020 @ 2:47pm CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:Man, he looks really clean, from the front, side and back, hardly an obtrusive backpack, and the vehicle mode looks pristine too, that's rare for a movie figure, well done to the designers
Agreed with this, they handled him so much better than the previous voyager figure, the engineering looks fantastic
Posted by MadProject on March 26th, 2020 @ 8:19pm CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on March 26th, 2020 @ 8:41pm CDT
Posted by MadProject on March 27th, 2020 @ 5:59am CDT
Kevin Liu's review of Scrapper!
Posted by william-james88 on March 27th, 2020 @ 8:23am CDT
The Overload review is in English while the other two are in Chinese.
The voyagers are meant to be coming out soon since they have an April release date from online stores. That particular wave will also feature a repackaged Mixmaster.
Overload is set to come out between June and August, depending on the retailer.
We thank fellow Seibertronian MadProject for letting us know of all these reviews.
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on March 27th, 2020 @ 8:29am CDT
Posted by MadProject on March 27th, 2020 @ 10:24am CDT
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Sentinel’s transformation is insane! It’s way more involved than I thought it would be. Can’t wait to try it out myself!
I really like how the sword is integrated in the altmode.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 27th, 2020 @ 10:50am CDT
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Sentinel’s transformation is insane! It’s way more involved than I thought it would be. Can’t wait to try it out myself!
I've honestly stopped watching video review, prefer to enjoy the toy myself and use them if needed, but what you're saying is, he is a nice mix of Leader complexity at the voyager size?
Either way, he is going to look great getting shot in the back by Ironhide
Posted by william-james88 on March 27th, 2020 @ 11:40am CDT
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Sentinel’s transformation is insane! It’s way more involved than I thought it would be. Can’t wait to try it out myself!
I've honestly stopped watching video review, prefer to enjoy the toy myself and use them if needed, but what you're saying is, he is a nice mix of Leader complexity at the voyager size?
Same with me with video reviews. Regarding the complexity, I never saw it as dependent of the class. Deluxe Barricade is as complex if not more than leader Grimlock. These toys seem as complex as they need to be for the character.
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on March 27th, 2020 @ 3:04pm CDT
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I've honestly stopped watching video review, prefer to enjoy the toy myself and use them if needed, but what you're saying is, he is a nice mix of Leader complexity at the voyager size?
Either way, he is going to look great getting shot in the back by Ironhide
Yeah, I'd say he's one of the most complex SS Voyagers (at least compared to the ones I have so far). The leg transformation and the way the chest folds up are all super cool.
And agreed!
william-james88 wrote: I never saw it as dependent of the class. Deluxe Barricade is as complex if not more than leader Grimlock. These toys seem as complex as they need to be for the character.
Right, it's kinda all over the place for complexity. SS-49 Bumblebee is more complex than leader Shockwave, and probably a lot of the other figures in the line.
Posted by DecepticonFinishline on March 27th, 2020 @ 3:37pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Sentinel’s transformation is insane! It’s way more involved than I thought it would be. Can’t wait to try it out myself!
I've honestly stopped watching video review, prefer to enjoy the toy myself and use them if needed, but what you're saying is, he is a nice mix of Leader complexity at the voyager size?
Same with me with video reviews. Regarding the complexity, I never saw it as dependent of the class. Deluxe Barricade is as complex if not more than leader Grimlock. These toys seem as complex as they need to be for the character.
I agree to a point. There are a couple of Deluxes that could have gotten a little bit more love. Namely Ratchet. Well... Mostly just Ratchet. And some of the Bumblebees, I guess.
Most of the Voyagers are winners, overall, though.
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on March 27th, 2020 @ 3:52pm CDT
Posted by Rtron on March 27th, 2020 @ 4:23pm CDT
However, complexity is subjective. A well designed transformation sequence can feel satisfyingly complex while still using very few parts. It's more of a function of having a good designer than having more parts. Ideally, on Hastak's side, you want a transformation that uses as little parts as possible to give the most interesting effect they can allow. That's where it gets a bit "artistic" and the whole thing becomes a matter of choosing the proper joints and movements to make the journey from one mode to another interesting and fun for the user; and none of that depends on the amount of parts.
Posted by william-james88 on March 27th, 2020 @ 7:03pm CDT
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Shockwave and Grimlock didn't really need to be too complex, considering their altmodes.
Yeah, I agree, that's what I meant by saying that the complexity seems more character based than size class based.
Posted by Actar on March 28th, 2020 @ 4:36pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on March 28th, 2020 @ 4:46pm CDT
Posted by Actar on March 28th, 2020 @ 4:58pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Where did you get them Actar?
They're released in Singapore!
Posted by william-james88 on March 28th, 2020 @ 5:26pm CDT
Actar wrote:william-james88 wrote:Where did you get them Actar?
They're released in Singapore!
I know, but where exactly so that I can do a proper news post.
Posted by Actar on March 28th, 2020 @ 6:51pm CDT
Ooh boy. This one's going to be a tough review! To preface it, I'm going to come clean and say that I'm absolutely in love with the DOTM Leader Class figure from way, way back. It's one of the last few great Transformers toys with a transformation scheme that rivals the now-legendary ROTF Leader Prime. The way the windshield just collapses into his chest? That's a slice of fried gold right there.
That's not to say that it didn't have its fair share of issues. As biased as I am, I'm not delusional. For one, it suffered from a rather severe backpack thanks to the batteries that were required for his electronic lights and sounds, there were a ton more panels hanging off his back than just his cape, and his non-faux chest is way too large.
All these years later, we finally have a new Sentinel figure in the SS line. Can the SS figure topple the Leader and take its place as the definitive Sentinel figure? Let's find out.
Since we're here, let's start off with robot mode. The SS figure does indeed address and fix a number of the problems with the Leader Class figure. Without a battery box, the backpack is drastically reduced. However, the other fixes do come with their own compromises. Firstly, the chest. Yes, it is far, far more accurate and proportional, but you lose the amazing bit of transformation engineering and all of that kibble gets relegated to his butt. Credit where credit is due, it's worthy to note that they at least placed the real windows behind the faux ones ala the Beast Wars MPs and their animal heads. Secondly, they were able to minimize the number of superfluous panels by turning a couple of them into his swords. Rather ingenious idea, but the swords end up really wonky looking from one side and they cannot be stored in robot mode.
All in all, however, bot mode is great. Proportion-wise, it's spot on. (Boxy chest from some angles aside) he looks far more accurate than any Sentinel Prime figure before him with the only real, obvious kibble being the butt windshield the ladders on the side of the legs. The amount of molded detail is also insane. While paint would have gone a long, long way in bringing out all of that detail, it's also rather unfortunate that he's mainly cast in a all black plastic. It's not as dark as what most pictures will have you believe, the black plastic does mask a ton of that detail. It's also really unfortunate that while the Studio Series line excels in terms of molded detail, it lacks in terms of transformation detail. In my opinion, there are way too few transformation steps that are purely for the sake of maintaining accuracy. One obvious example would be the two wheels on the insides of Sentinel's legs instead of just the one.
In terms of articulation, there are problems. His head articulation is horrendous with minimal ability to look even left and right. The ankles don't move side to side either. The waist joint can indeed rotate somewhat, but it can come undone way too easily. At least the transformation joint at the waist can be used as a means to achieve a crazy waist twist. The only other thing that gets in the way of the posing is the fact that his chest is angled downwards due to the transformation. What this means is that if you want him to stand straight with his chest held high, he'll be constantly looking upwards at an awkward angle.
Still, the figure is articulated enough to pretty much pull of almost any pose you want him in.
The last major complaint relating to his poses is that, yes, his shield is missing. One of the most iconic aspects of his character... gone. Urgh. Perhaps they wanted to reduce the cost or perhaps they weren't able to find a way for him to store it in vehicle mode, like how the Leader could. Regardless, this severely limits his posing potential.
Speaking of vehicle mode, the transformation process to it borrows heavily from the Leader but is streamlined to make it more simple but yet almost just as satisfying. The only really annoying part is the fact that the back of the vehicle mode takes a ton of effort to stay pegged together. I'm not sure if it's because the pegs lack friction or that the tolerances aren't as precise as they should have been, but it takes a ton of massaging on my copy to get those back panels to stay together.
As for the vehicle mode itself, it's a boxy firetruck. The only nitpick that I have is the fact that, compared to the Leader figure, it appears to be way too long and thin. I'm not 100% sure which figure is more accurate, but the Leader figure's vehicle mode does seem to be better proportioned.
IN CONCLUSION!
If you're a fan of Sentinel Prime and want a version of him to scale with your other SS figures and are okay with all the (admittedly relatively minor) issues I noted, there's really no reason not to pick this guy up. There're no deal-breaking QC or design flaws and they genuinely did a really decent job of representing the character in the SS line even with all the constraints that come with it. Of course, that might be due to his inherently shellformerish design, but he fairs far better than some of the Deluxes with their entire roofs hanging off their back.
Coming back to the question that I posed at the beginning of the review. Is he a replacement for the DOTM Leader figure?
...not by a long shot! (^o^)
No review (yet), but some images of Scrapper as well!
william-james88 wrote:Actar wrote:william-james88 wrote:Where did you get them Actar?
They're released in Singapore!
I know, but where exactly so that I can do a proper news post.
Ah, that would be the BHG Bugis outlet.
Posted by Ig89ninja on March 28th, 2020 @ 7:15pm CDT
Actar wrote:Got these bad boys in hand today!
Have you considered rotating Scrapper around so that the thumb is facing inward like on the other arm?
Posted by M. Spector on March 28th, 2020 @ 8:44pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on March 28th, 2020 @ 10:07pm CDT
Here's my review for Sentinel in the event anyone's interested!
Ooh boy. This one's going to be a tough review! To preface it, I'm going to come clean and say that I'm absolutely in love with the DOTM Leader Class figure from way, way back. It's one of the last few great Transformers toys with a transformation scheme that rivals the now-legendary ROTF Leader Prime. The way the windshield just collapses into his chest? That's a slice of fried gold right there.
That's not to say that it didn't have its fair share of issues. As biased as I am, I'm not delusional. For one, it suffered from a rather severe backpack thanks to the batteries that were required for his electronic lights and sounds, there were a ton more panels hanging off his back than just his cape, and his non-faux chest is way too large.
All these years later, we finally have a new Sentinel figure in the SS line. Can the SS figure topple the Leader and take its place as the definitive Sentinel figure? Let's find out.
Since we're here, let's start off with robot mode. The SS figure does indeed address and fix a number of the problems with the Leader Class figure. Without a battery box, the backpack is drastically reduced. However, the other fixes do come with their own compromises. Firstly, the chest. Yes, it is far, far more accurate and proportional, but you lose the amazing bit of transformation engineering and all of that kibble gets relegated to his butt. Credit where credit is due, it's worthy to note that they at least placed the real windows behind the faux ones ala the Beast Wars MPs and their animal heads. Secondly, they were able to minimize the number of superfluous panels by turning a couple of them into his swords. Rather ingenious idea, but the swords end up really wonky looking from one side and they cannot be stored in robot mode.
All in all, however, bot mode is great. Proportion-wise, it's spot on. (Boxy chest from some angles aside) he looks far more accurate than any Sentinel Prime figure before him with the only real, obvious kibble being the butt windshield the ladders on the side of the legs. The amount of molded detail is also insane. While paint would have gone a long, long way in bringing out all of that detail, it's also rather unfortunate that he's mainly cast in a all black plastic. It's not as dark as what most pictures will have you believe, the black plastic does mask a ton of that detail. It's also really unfortunate that while the Studio Series line excels in terms of molded detail, it lacks in terms of transformation detail. In my opinion, there are way too few transformation steps that are purely for the sake of maintaining accuracy. One obvious example would be the two wheels on the insides of Sentinel's legs instead of just the one.
In terms of articulation, there are problems. His head articulation is horrendous with minimal ability to look even left and right. The ankles don't move side to side either. The waist joint can indeed rotate somewhat, but it can come undone way too easily. At least the transformation joint at the waist can be used as a means to achieve a crazy waist twist. The only other thing that gets in the way of the posing is the fact that his chest is angled downwards due to the transformation. What this means is that if you want him to stand straight with his chest held high, he'll be constantly looking upwards at an awkward angle.
Still, the figure is articulated enough to pretty much pull of almost any pose you want him in.
The last major complaint relating to his poses is that, yes, his shield is missing. One of the most iconic aspects of his character... gone. Urgh. Perhaps they wanted to reduce the cost or perhaps they weren't able to find a way for him to store it in vehicle mode, like how the Leader could. Regardless, this severely limits his posing potential.
Speaking of vehicle mode, the transformation process to it borrows heavily from the Leader but is streamlined to make it more simple but yet almost just as satisfying. The only really annoying part is the fact that the back of the vehicle mode takes a ton of effort to stay pegged together. I'm not sure if it's because the pegs lack friction or that the tolerances aren't as precise as they should have been, but it takes a ton of massaging on my copy to get those back panels to stay together.
As for the vehicle mode itself, it's a boxy firetruck. The only nitpick that I have is the fact that, compared to the Leader figure, it appears to be way too long and thin. I'm not 100% sure which figure is more accurate, but the Leader figure's vehicle mode does seem to be better proportioned.
IN CONCLUSION!
If you're a fan of Sentinel Prime and want a version of him to scale with your other SS figures and are okay with all the (admittedly relatively minor) issues I noted, there's really no reason not to pick this guy up. There're no deal-breaking QC or design flaws and they genuinely did a really decent job of representing the character in the SS line even with all the constraints that come with it. Of course, that might be due to his inherently shellformerish design, but he fairs far better than some of the Deluxes with their entire roofs hanging off their back.
Coming back to the question that I posed at the beginning of the review. Is he a replacement for the DOTM Leader figure?
...not by a long shot! (^o^)
No review (yet), but some images of Scrapper as well!
Posted by Rodimus Prime on March 28th, 2020 @ 10:37pm CDT
Posted by Saminus9000 on March 28th, 2020 @ 11:14pm CDT
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Posted by YRQRM0 on March 29th, 2020 @ 10:46pm CDT
Posted by MadProject on March 29th, 2020 @ 10:52pm CDT
Video of the combination of Studio Series Devastator by TonTon Reviews!
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on March 30th, 2020 @ 12:08am CDT
Oh, he has paint. He has plenty of paint.YRQRM0 wrote:Ugh, so many releases in studio series that come close to greatness but just fall short. For me, that's this guy because of the lack of shield and maybe a gun. That would have made him worth picking up. And also like a lot of SS, lack of paint is not doing this (great) mold justice.
Almost all of which goes to giving him red, because aside from the glazing he's cast entirely in black plastic.
IMO all existing copies of him should be recalled and destroyed, and HasTak can give it another go when they actually feel like trying when it comes to his plastic colors.
Even casting him in all red would have been better, because he's supposed to be primarily red with gray and black accents.
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on March 30th, 2020 @ 8:00am CDT
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Oh, he has paint. He has plenty of paint.
Almost all of which goes to giving him red, because aside from the glazing he's cast entirely in black plastic.
Are you sure? Like, better than Hotlink sure?
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 30th, 2020 @ 10:33am CDT
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on March 30th, 2020 @ 12:59pm CDT
Yes. Hotlink, I couldn't judge as well because of what I was having to go off photo-wise. Sentinel on the other hand, I have seen clear, hi-res shots: the stock photos, and now the review as well. Every single red patch on him, obviously has black (or clear, in the case of his chest) plastic beneath it; you can tell from both the sheen of the red and how much black shows through Just look at this:TF-fan kev777 wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Oh, he has paint. He has plenty of paint.
Almost all of which goes to giving him red, because aside from the glazing he's cast entirely in black plastic.
Are you sure? Like, better than Hotlink sure?
The only things that might be an exception are his feet.
Posted by Actar on March 30th, 2020 @ 7:49pm CDT
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:The only things that might be an exception are his feet.
The feet are molded in black plastic and painted entirely red. Mine has a couple of chips in them. (^.^')
Posted by Ig89ninja on March 30th, 2020 @ 9:23pm CDT
Actar wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:The only things that might be an exception are his feet.
The feet are molded in black plastic and painted entirely red. Mine has a couple of chips in them. (^.^')
Wow, did Hasbro just have an excess of black plastic?
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 30th, 2020 @ 11:10pm CDT
Ig89ninja wrote:Actar wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:The only things that might be an exception are his feet.
The feet are molded in black plastic and painted entirely red. Mine has a couple of chips in them. (^.^')
Wow, did Hasbro just have an excess of black plastic?
More like a conflict between plastic colors, or which parts are cast in which color, and paint budget. If only one part changes color, others will have to follow suit, and that may cause issues in what parts have to be painted over.
Posted by blackeyedprime on March 31st, 2020 @ 7:26am CDT
Sentinels really noticably lacking paint in vehicle mode but robot mode looks really good but once again some hasbro employee making a fortune in their third party company to provide bits the figure should have.
Posted by Ig89ninja on March 31st, 2020 @ 8:45am CDT
blackeyedprime wrote:Scrapper looks nice. Overload is a bit of a mess in vehicle mode with his half painted windows and the half black/red on top, worse still his mixmaster piece doesn't seem to be integrated well with devy in tontons video kind of wondering if devy can have mixmaster truck cab as a head for a midtransformation/ gobot look.
I wouldn’t worry too much about Devastator right now, since TonTon tends to buy the prototype from some mysterious Hasbro employee that usually does not reflect the final product, as well as him having to spitball where everything goes during transformation since he doesn’t have instructions yet.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on March 31st, 2020 @ 4:42pm CDT
Posted by ZeroWolf on March 31st, 2020 @ 4:44pm CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on March 31st, 2020 @ 4:50pm CDT
Also, I'm curious. With the release of Studio Series, and these figures being generally superior to the previous movieverse releases (RoTF leader Prime being the exception), do you guys display SS by themselves in your collection, or do they get integrated with the other movie figures?
Posted by Sabrblade on March 31st, 2020 @ 4:54pm CDT
That was Demolishor who died early. He's white. Scavenger's red.Rodimus Prime wrote:Yeah it's tempting because he's also a part of 1 of my favorite sequences from the movie. Is Scavenger also part of Devastator? He did die early in the movie. Is there a clone of him?